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The High Frontier is open: The next space race has begun
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The High Frontier is open: The next space race has begun

A great revolution in human affairs is unfolding 200 miles above your head. Vice President Mike Pence announced last week at the Marshall Space Flight Center that it is a “stated policy” of the Trump administration “to return U.S. astronauts to the surface of the moon in the next five years.” July 20, 2019 will...

Conservatives: Don’t dump Trump in the GOP primary
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Conservatives: Don’t dump Trump in the GOP primary

In the world of op-eds and talking heads a campaign is underway to unseat President Donald Trump in the Republican primary. In December, the New Yorker put forward former Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who retired with a negative approval rating in his own state, or Michael Bloomberg, if he switched parties again after re-registering as...

Slavery is part of American history, not American identity
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Slavery is part of American history, not American identity

While many defend Confederate statues as part of our history, monuments are fundamentally a matter of both a community’s history and identity. We as Americans must determine what parts of our history we claim, identify with, and idealize. A monument is a symbol of our aspirations as a society. The Confederacy is undoubtably a part...